I am building an Big Gun I-400 that will be ready this spring for testing. It has four 1/4" single shot torpedo's and a ballast system that is for positive buoyancy so i can sit on the bottom and let them forget where I am. It will have two bottom access hatches and I will only need to open one to get to the battery's ( 6 screws).
Now that you say it I'll make sure not too! Build is looking great! How much do the vacuum formed parts weigh in comparison to traditional Balsa or 3D printing?
I feel like our club has just become a giant "kill Joe" club. Kitakami should be fine... I mean same country same time right??? You won't shoot me right???
Off to a great start. I also like the idea of a static diver for Big Gun. Will you be using fillable tanks and gas pressure for diving, a pump-and-bladder system, or syringes and servos? I also wonder if those MJV valves will have enough airflow to push a pair of 1/4" ball bearings up to speed. They're great for a single barrel, but they've always struggled when it comes to twins of any size.
I volunteer to help!!! Just a few things. 1. Subs have bullets 2. He has made a tiny U boat before, and that works fine.
Like the Japanese, Burn the plans after construction lol I'm happy to see a design being built, let me know of any design changes I should make. The front bow dive fins show to be larger or that size it depends on the resource referenced. the Conn tower is spot on .
Will all 4 barrels fire at at once, or one at a time? I was just wondering I don't quite know or get the rules on this subject.
All four will fire at once for greater affect. The plans worked great and I used 2" O.C. rib spacing and not sure about the dive plane sizes, they seemed large. I have the center part of the hull for the ballast and you can see the reserve air tanks in the stern to empty the water. With a single shot an MJV 2 will punch big holes in a boat that does not have 14 coats of house paint applied with a mop just fine. Fixed
I will post a picture with the two different sizes for the forward dive planes. Reason why i had so maney ribs is if some one wanted to build a plug from the plans they could have a farley acurate hull shape if desired, and im just OCD about things I do. I would like to buy a conn tower from you if that is possible it looks really great. I atempted to build a plug with poster board, the shape looked great till I added the expanding foam that bent the spine of the ship in a giant "u" shape lol i was going to have a go at it again some time later to build a fiberglass hull when im done with O'Brien.
YAY ITS A MODEL MAGAZINE!!! Aren't you allowed to enlarge dive planes? I think I saw that in the rules.
May need to ask someone else... I have no idea, I was just letting you know what I knew that I had seen bigger ones. The ones in the magazine are easley double the size of the ones in the line drawing. /Shrug shoulders.
